Where did Jussi Björling sing opera?
The opera houses where he appeared most frequently are below (complete performances, tours included).
Royal Opera, Stockholm 660
Metropolitan Opera, New York 119
San Francisco Opera 44
Chicago Opera & Lyric Opera 36
Vienna State Opera 15
La Scala Opera, Milan 9
Royal Opera (Covent Garden) London 6
“I really came in every night and stood in the wings to hear Jussi sing ... ”
Jussi Björling's Stage Repertoire
The roles are iisted chronologically according to Björling's first performance of them. The second column shows the years between which the role was sung, the third column the number of performances. Only one number in the third column indicates that Bjorling sang the role only with the Stockhoim Opera. If there are two numbers, connected by a plus sign, the first number indicates his perfornances with the Stockholm Opera, the second his performances with other opera companies.
Manon Lescaut (Puccini): A Lamplighter 1930-32 (6)
Bellman (Ziedner): Näktergal 1930 (I)
Don Giovanni (Mozart): Don Ottavio t930-37 (10)
Louise (Charpentier): A Song-Writer 1930-31 (8)
Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Arnold 1930-32 (11)
Saul og David (Nielsen): Jonathan 1931-32 (14)
Engelbrekt (N.Berg): Bishop Sigge 1931 (3)
I cavalieri di Ekebu (Zandonai): Ruster 1931-36 (11)
Tannhiiuser (Wagner) : Walter 1931-32 (12)
Roméo et Juliette (Gounod): Tybalt 1931-32 (3)
Der fliegende Holländer (Wagner): Erik 1931-33 (4)
La notte di Zoraima (Montemezzi): A Voice 1931-32 (5)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Count Almaviva 1931-37 (26)
Salome (R. Strauss) : Narraboth 1931-32 (5)
L' illustre Fregona (Laparra): Tomas 1932-37 (22)
Tristan und Isolde (Wagner): A Sailor 1932-35 (4)
Rigoletto (Verdi): The Duke of Mantua 1932-58 (24+32 = 56)
Das Herz (Pfitzner): A Cavalier 1932 (3)
Mignon (Thomas): Wilhelm Meister 1932-37 (10)
L'elisir d' amore (Donizetti) : Nemorino 1932-33 (6)
Resa till Amerika (Rosenberg): The Bargeman 1932-33 (5)
La Traviata (Verdi): Alfredo 1933-39 (13+l = 14)
Evgeny Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Lensky 1933-35 (8)
Das Rheingold (Wagner): Froh 1933 (1)
Prince Igor (Borodin): Vladimir 1933-37 (36)
Kronbruden (Rangstrom): Mats 1933-34 (3)
Roméo et Juliette (Gounod): Roméo 1933-51 (38+6 = 44)
Djamileh (Bizet): Haroun 1933 (6)
Martha (Flotow): Lyonel 1933 (3)
Tosca (Puccini): Mario Cavaradossi 1933-59 (23+28 = 51)
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart): Tamino 1933-36 (5)
Arabella (R. Strauss): Elemer 1933-34 (6)
Fanal (Atterberg): Marlin Skarp 1934-39 (23)
Un ballo in maschera (Verdi): Riccardo / Gustavus1934-57 (9+29 = 38)
Faust (Gounod): Faust 1934-60 (48+23 = 71)
La Bohème (Puccini): Rodolfo 1934-60 (60+54 = 114)
Il Tabarro (Puccini)i Luigi 1934 (4)
Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov): A Merchant from India 1934-36 (11)
La Fanciulla del West (Puccini): Dick Johnson1934-37 (8+1 = 9)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart): Belmonte1935 (4)
Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Turiddu1935-59 (25+6 = 31)
Fidelio (Beethoven): Florestan 1935 (4)
Il Trovatore (Verdi): Manrico 1935-60 (19+48 = 67)
Die Fledernaus (J. Strauss): Alfred 1935-36 (10)
Aida (Verdi): Radamès 1935-58 (24+7 = 31)
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Canio 1936-55 (17+3 = 20)
La damnation de Faust (Berlioz): Faust1936 (10)
Madama Butterfly (Puccini) : Pinkerton1936 (11+1 = 12)
La fille du r6giment (Donizetti): Tonio 1936-37 (9)
Rossini in Neapel (Paumgartner): Gioacchino 1936 (6)
Mefistofele (Boito) : Faust 1937 (2)
Der Zigeunerbaron (J. Strauss) : Sándor Barinkay 1938 (7)
L'africaine (Meyerbeer): Vasco da Gama 1938 (6)
Manon Lescaut (Puccini): Des Grieux 1949-59 (8+17 = 25)
Don Carlo (Verdi): Don Carlo 1950-58 (0+16 = 16)
TOTAL OPERA STAGE PERFORMANCES
660+272 = 932
Courtesy, Jussi Björling Museum, Borlänge Sweden